ERIE CANAL
  • Erie Canal
  • Transportation
    • Canal Operations
  • Economic Impact
    • New York
  • Social Impact
    • Underground Railroad
    • Women's Rights
    • Religious Revolutions
  • References
  • Reflection

Impact of the Erie Canal:

How the Erie Canal changed transportation, commerce, and social issues in colonial America.

"The most gigantic undertaking yet proposed, is that of New York, for drawing the waters of Lake Erie into the Hudson. The distance is 353 miles, and the height to be surmounted 661 feet. The expense will be great, but its effect incalculably powerful of the Atlantic States."-Jefferson
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